art stuff: revisiting a favorite

Is it weird that looking at favorite art journaling pages makes me happy?

art stuff: adding layers

Walking away from an art journal page is sometimes difficult, but coming back to it can be rewarding.

art stuff: gelli plate play

This makes me happy.

Art stuff: adding layers

Adding layers in my art journal today.

Art stuff: it's a gelli art kind of day

A rainy day calls for some gelli art play!

Art Stuff: pretty mail ready to go

Art stuff: doodling & gelli prints

Having a little fun with doodles and my gelli plate.

art stuff: and a few more gelli prints

I warned you that you might see more of these. I promise this is it. When I said I was hooked, I meant  I was hooked.

Thinking of lots of way to use these pretty prints!

mini tutorial: homemade flower stencil

I have been wanting to try to make my own stencils for awhile now and when I stumbled across this plastic at my local Wal-Mart I had to give it a try. I also needed a sharp knife, a cutting mat and a permanent marker. This is what I did if you want to give it a try yourself.

Step One: Draw a template with a permanent marker on cardstock. (you could use tracing paper too, but I had trouble with the pencil smearing as I was cutting) Place template under piece of stencil plastic and staple or tape the edges to hold in place.

Step Two: Place on cutting mat and slowly and carefully cut away all the parts you wanted REMOVED from your stencil.

Keeping the flowers all connected was a bit tricky so I actually ended up with two seperate stencils. One with two flowers and one with three. I sprayed it heavily so you could see the detail better.

Here I used the same stencil, rubbing paint over it instead of spraying it with ink.

This really wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. I think I might give it another go this week.

art stuff: more fun with gelli plate prints

I tell you people - I am addicted to this, so here are a few more!

I can't promise you that you won't see more of these.